RCGP: 20,000 more staff needed for seven-day workingAt least 20,000 additional practice staff would have to be hired for the government’s seven-day working plans to work, the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has claimed
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RCGP says emphasis on hospital doctors affects GP servicesNew research published by the Royal College of General Practitioners reveals that three extra hospital consultant posts are now being created for every extra GP across the country. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - December 31, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

Patients will wait at least a week to see GP in 2014, it is claimedAn estimated 27 million patients will be forced to wait at least a week to see their family doctor due to a shortage of GPs, healthcare experts have warned (Source: Telegraph Health)Source: Telegraph Health - December 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: general practioners Royal College of General Practitioners health minister GP family doctor GPs waiting times GP surgery NHS health budget Dan Poulter Source Type: news

Nursing and pharmaceutical leaders welcomed into RCGPDr Peter Carter, the Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), and Helen Gordon, Chief Executive of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), have both been made honorary fellows of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Better access for Gypsies and Travellers, homeless people and sex workersA paper by the Royal College of General Practitioners and Department of Health says that GPs who commission services in England, under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, should consider paying for mobile units and clinics, and other outreach facilities. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - December 17, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

RCGP warns of winter waits for GPsAccording to new research by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), funding has drifted away from primary care towards hospitals over the last eight years – with the result that general practice now receives £2.4bn less a year than if funding had kept pace with secondary care. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - November 26, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

RCGP: Francis response has 'ramifications' for GPsThe government’s response to the Francis report, although focused on secondary care, has “clear ramifications” for the whole NHS, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners
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The return of the 'proper' family doctor?Many newspapers are heralding the return of “family doctors” after the announcement of a new contract agreed between the government and GPs. The GP contract has been agreed between the NHS and GPs in England.
Among other changes, it stipulates that patients aged 75 and over will have a named GP to co-ordinate their care, as will younger patients with complex health needs such as poorly controlled diabetes. It is hoped this will reduce unplanned admissions to A&E departments. Incentivised GP targets for certain services will also be reduced, hopefully freeing up more time for doctors to spend on patie...Source: NHS News Feed - November 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Older people QA articles Source Type: news

New ideas for improving careHard-pressed GPs with bright ideas for improving care - but no time or funding to put them into practice - can apply to become “innovation fellows” in an initiative launched today by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in collaboration with the Peter Sowerby Foundation. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - November 5, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

GPs 'facing financial black hole'GP services are facing a £400m financial “black hole” that could have catastrophic consequences, the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned. (Source: HSJ)Source: HSJ - October 3, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

NHS England puts patient data to better useThe service will use information from a patients’ medical record to improve the way that healthcare is delivered for all.
Materials and guidance have been developed in collaboration with the Health and Social Care Information Centre, British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners to support practices to raise awareness. Patients who are not happy for their data to be used in this way can ask their GP practice to make a note of this in their medical record and this will prevent their information leaving the practice. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - August 23, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

RCGP: General practice is at “breaking point”Nearly half (47%) of GPs have had to cut back on the range of services provided for patients because of funding issues, a Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) survey shows
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Calls for greater coordination of flu vaccination programmeThe Royal College of General Practitioners Wales and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales have called upon the Welsh Government and NHS Wales to plan for greater coordination between health professionals to help increase the uptake of flu vaccination and protect a larger population this year (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - July 22, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Shortfall of 16,000 GPs predicted for 2021A funding gap between 2013 and 2021 could lead to a shortfall of 16,000 family doctors in England, the Royal College of General Practitioners has said. (Source: HSJ)Source: HSJ - July 15, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Government promise £3 billion to integrate careThe Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned that the ‘crisis’ in general practice will intensify if the pooling of health and social care resources, announced by Chancellor George Osbourne today, leads to money being diverted away from GP services.
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GPs 'unable to deliver safe care'Family doctors are “unable” to deliver safe care due to time and resource limits, the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned. (Source: HSJ)Source: HSJ - May 31, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Friday 31 MayGPs can no longer deliver safe care because they are too overstretched, according to Dr Clare Gerada, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Dr Clare Gerada claimed that family doctors were seeing up to 70 patients in one day and were unable to look after patients "in the way that they want". (Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert)Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert - May 31, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

NHS England announces new technical guidance to improve patient careThe GP Technical Specification and its associated guidance was developed in partnership with the British Medical Association and Royal College of General Practitioners. The document explains the process of how data from general practice will be collected, anonymised and used to improve patient care. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - May 30, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

Primary care funding drops by £200m, RCGP claimsThe amount of money allocated to GPs for patient care is set to fall by £200million over the next three years, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) announced late last week
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Spending On Patient Care Set To Plummet By Millions, Warn GP LeadersThe amount of money allocated to GPs to care for their patients is set to fall by nearly Â£200m over the next three years- equivalent to the current funding for 1.2 million patients, according to predictions from GP leaders. The stark warning comes from the Royal College of General Practitioners who say that the proportion of NHS funding being spent on general practice has been falling for successive years, with GP practices being starved of the resources they need to meet the growing needs of patients and to safeguard the future of patient care... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news

Majority of NHS professionals do not think that quality of care is treated as a priority in the NHS23 May 2013
Almost three-quarters (73 per cent) of NHS professionals do not think that quality of care in the NHS is given enough priority, says a survey published today in a new report on patient-centred leadership by The King's Fund. The survey, which took place after the publication of Robert Francis's report, also found that 40 per cent thought that the quality of leadership in the NHS as a whole was poor or very poor, in contrast to 11 per cent in their own service or team.When asked what the biggest barrier to increasing quality of care was, 40 per cent of NHS professionals said 'time and/or res...Source: The King's Fund - Press - May 22, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

'Carers register' could help thousandsPractices should maintain a ‘carers register’, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners
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New chair-elect for RCGPDr Maureen Baker CBE is the new chair-elect of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). She will succeed the current Chair Dr Clare Gerada in November 2013. More … (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - May 13, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

Medicines optimisation: helping patients make the most of medicinesThe society has published Medicines Optimisation: Helping Patients Make the Most of Medicines, which provides four guiding principles to help front-line professionals in England support patients to improve their quality of life and outcomes from better use of medicines.
Developed with health professionals, patients, lay representatives and patient groups, the principles are endorsed by NHS England, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Nursing and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - May 3, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

Joint clinical commissioning guidance for glaucoma servicesThis guidance was written by leading eye care clinicians with support
from experienced clinical commissioners at the National Association of
Primary Care, Royal College of General Practitioners and the Department
of Health’s Right Care Team. It aims to provide support to those
designing and delivering eye care across the UK, with a focus on
services for glaucoma. In the coming months the Colleges will publish
recommendations on improving services for: age-related macular
degeneration, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, low vision, oculoplastics,
and urgent eye care.
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Royal College of Optha...Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - February 15, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: The King's Fund Information & Library Service Source Type: news

New guide to commissioning high value eye careWritten by leading eye care clinicians with support from experienced clinical commissioners at the National Association of Primary Care, Royal College of General Practitioners and the Department of Health’s Right Care Team, it will provide valuable support to those designing and delivering eye care across the UK. The guidance focuses on services for glaucoma. In the coming months, the colleges will publish their recommendations on improving services for: age-related macular degeneration, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, low vision, oculoplastics and urgent eye care. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - February 15, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

GPs must become ‘more efficient’ in diagnosing cancerThe Royal College of General Practitioners has called for “more efficient investigation pathways” following the publication of new data that shows GPs refer over 80% of suspected cancers after two consultations (Source: Management in Practice)Source: Management in Practice - February 11, 2013 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

Paper considers impact of commissioning on drug and alcohol careSource: Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
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The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and Substance Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP) have issued a joint paper considering the future impact of the changing commissioning environment on primary care drug and alcohol treatment. (Source: NeLM - News)Source: NeLM - News - February 4, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Wednesday 16 JanuaryThe prescription of sleeping pills and tranquillisers should be reduced and carefully monitored because of the dangers of addiction and dependency, according to a group of health professionals. The alliance, which includes the, The Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), the Department of Health and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, is calling on doctors to prescribe drugs such as the benzodiazepine Valium only under very particular circumstances. (Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert)Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert - January 16, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

RCGP publishes guide on personal health budgets for GPsSource: RCGP
Area: News
A practical guide to personal health budgets for GPs in England has been published by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
The guide describes personal health budgets, how they can be used effectively and which patients are eligible. (Source: NeLM - News)Source: NeLM - News - January 16, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

RCGP on the search for clinical championsThe Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is looking for four new clinical champions despite its commissioning scheme reportedly "dying a death" (Source: Management in Practice)Source: Management in Practice - January 10, 2013 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

Personal Health Budgets: A Guide For GPsA practical guide to personal health budgets (PHBs) for GPs in England has been published by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). In November the Government confirmed that PHBs - following a three-year pilot programme - will be rolled out across England. The easily accessible guide covers what PHBs are, which patients are eligible, and how they can be used effectively. It has been produced with input from GPs and PHB managers with first-hand experience of using PHBs at the pilot sites... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news

RCGP video on telehealthA new telehealth video from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) highlights some of the key reasons why clinicians are recommending telehealth for their patients. (Source: NHS Networks)Source: NHS Networks - January 4, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

A new partnership for pharmacists and GPs in ScotlandThe Royal College of General Practitioners (Scotland) (RCGP) and the Society in Scotland have announced an initiative to improve patient care by creating an enhanced partnership between their two professions.
To launch the initiative, a statement has been published that identifies a (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - February 29, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

GPs and Pharmacists working together to improve patient careThe Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) have published the joint statement detailing how GPs and community pharmacists can work together to improve the care provided to patients in the community.
Breaking down the barriers – h (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - July 27, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news